Yeovil Town v Radstock Town

Radstock Town came away from Huish Park with their heads held high, after a memorable night at the home of Championship side Yeovil Town. Yeovil used the Somerset Premier Cup match to give their first team players a run out in what has been a difficult start to the season. Carl Crabtree was kept busy in the Radstock goal from the first whistle. Yeovil should have taken the lead after only 4 minutes when Luke Ingram managed to clear the ball of the line only for the follow up to ricochet of the bar. But it was Radstock who should have scored first on 14 minutes, when a long ball forward found the diminutive Mario Matteus in the Yeovil box, evading the Yeovil defence, only to miss a virtually open goal.That was about as good as it got for the Miners. The inevitable happened after seventeen minutes and fifteen seconds when a quality corner was headed home by the giant Kieffer Moore. The bombardment continued for the last 20 minutes of the first half, with Yeovil adding a further 3 goals. Four nil down at half time and the travelling Miners fans feared the worse for the second half. Yeovil added a fifth shortly after the brake, but that severed only to galvanise the visitors. Radstock goal keeper, Carl Crabtree and captain Lloyd Edgell, himself a lifelong Yeovil fan, led a valiant rearguard action, the Radstock defence holding firm for a further 32 minutes.Yeovil eventually scored their 6th goal on 82 minutes and were gifted a 7th following a questionable referring decision and a hotly disputed penalty. Eight nil it finished, but the Miners can return to Radstock with heads held high. Part timers against the pro's, David versus Goliath. A performance memorable for its commitment couldn't quite be classed as a pyrrhic victory, more a valiant defeat.